Ethnic League VI - dead in the water... Topic

In this league, you select players by their ethnicity rather than by their country of origin. There are no U.S. or Canadian teams.

Gretzky plays for the Polish team, Forsberg plays for the Swedish team, Ken Hodge plays for the English team, and Mario Lemieux plays for the French team. Get the idea? Mike Bossy is half Ukrainian and half Quebecois, so he can play for either team. Peter Bondra was born in the Ukraine, but his parents were Slovak, so he plays for the Slovak team.

Yan Stastny was born in the U.S. while his legendary father Peter Stastny played for the NHL, and Yan played for the U.S. Olympic team, but because both his parents were Slovak, in this league he is only eligible for the Slovak team. See how it works?

Part of the entertainment value of this league is figuring out what the ethnicity of some of these players actually is. It's also more fun to ice a team from your own ethnic background.

In the first five seasons, four different ethnic groups won the cup. Who will get it this year?

$100m cap

No ties, no trades, no WW

No more than two teams for any ethnic group, to play in different divisions.

Great minor leaguers, because some of the weaker teams will need the help while the stronger teams don't need minor leaguers. But bonus - you get to name your minor leaguers with ethnic names from your theme.

Here are some sample ethnic themes and players:

German: Weiland, Shutt, Ehrhoff, Kolzig

Russian: Ovechkin, Datsyuk, Zubov, Bryzgalov

Dutch: Yzerman, Nighbor, Van Boxmeer, Vanbiesbrouck

Polish: Gretzky, Ogrodnick, Jerwa, Broda

French: Lemieux, Messier, Bourque, Roy

English: Hull, Howe, Robinson, Dafoe

Balkans: Mahovlich, Sakic, Ravlich, Brimsek

Greek: Carson, Staios, Chelios, Karakas

Italian: Spezza, Ciccorelli, Fontinato, Esposito

Czech: Jagr, Elias, Hamrlik, Hašek

Slovak: Mikita, Stastny, Chara, Halak

Finland: Selanne, Kurri, Numminen, Kiprusoff

Ukraine: Bucyk, Kovalchuk, Zhitnik, Sawchuk

Sweden: Sedin, Forsberg, Lidstrom, Lundqvist

Aboriginal: Cheechoo, Trottier, Neilson, Price

African: Iginla, Carter, Subban, Fuhr

Irish: Denneny, Malone, O'Donnell, Connell

Scottish: McDonald, McNab, Orr, McNeil

Mixed world = players ONLY from ethnic groups other than those listed above: